noun
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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Devlin, the former Irish nationalist firebrand , has been shot and jailed.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Glenys, however, was not at home when the ginger firebrand and the Beatles' confidant arrived.
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In its place came the Likud, a conservative bloc of parties headed by the nationalist firebrand Menachem Begin.
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Iritnefert was a firebrand , but she hadn't done anything.
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Nowadays, however, a burning bicycle tyre was used instead of a twig firebrand .
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Ronald Reagan was deplored as a firebrand who might bring on a nuclear war.
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Sally, 44, was left more than £3 million when her firebrand husband died eight years ago.
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The malai lieutenant, a firebrand six months out of officer training school, shouted angrily at him.
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Towering convective clouds rained down a hailstorm of ash, and firebrands even spanned the Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone.